Designer Arthur Xin has come up with a really interesting take on the average bed. His idea involves people powered bedroom lights from kinetic energy. Word on the street is that this novel bed design calls for pairs, although individuals can also do the trick.
The box under the bed has a built in battery that stores energy from all bed related activities. There are also various strings and pulleys around the bed for ‘exercise’ which produces kinetic energy that can be stored in the built-in battery, to power overhead LED lights and the speakers built in to the frame. There is also an elaborate flower box and vine system the which is meant to regulate room temperature, should it get too hot.
To see more of Arthur Xin’s work, visit Sexin Design (actually his website).
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
